I Hope You're Happy Now

Before Carly Pearce got together with Michael Ray, she was dating somebody else. That relationship had to end because of her strong feelings for Ray. It's all on me, it's my mistake I said "I don't love you" a little too late But I guess there ain't ever a right time And I don't know why it's called a goodbye The song is a twist on the traditional idea of someone sarcastically wishing a former lover well. It finds Pearce taking the high road as she sings of her wish for her ex to move on and be happy. Her duet partner Lee Brice repeats the same sentiment, but his verse is laced with hurt.

Pearce co-wrote the track with Luke Combs, Jonathan Singleton and Randy Montana. She came up with the idea after her connection with Michael Ray made her realize she wasn't happy in her relationship with her then-boyfriend. "In the process of falling in love, I have hurt someone else," Pearce explained to iHeart Radio. "I broke somebody else's heart a few years ago, and had to figure out some things in my own life that maybe weren't serving me well."

Pearce explained that she asked Brice to join her on the classic heartbreak tune as he "has the kind of gruff yet vulnerable quality to his sound" that she envisioned for the song. Brice readily agreed, but he had to record his parts in a mobile studio on the road because of his busy touring schedule. He was concerned about the recording quality, but Pearce was uneasy about something else: Brice had been channeling Luke Combs ' demo vocals and she wanted him to be himself. The "Rumor" singer explained to The Boot that she told him, "I love how it sounds, I think it's gonna be great, but I just miss a little bit of you in it,'" So Brice returned to his mobile studio and redid his part, this time channeling himself rather than trying to be Combs.